Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Founding: 1848 (declared in 1836) Parent county: Brown Namesake: The Manitowoc River Seat: Manitowoc (1848–) Land area: 589 square miles Population (2020): 81,359 Population (historic): 3,702 (1850); 33,364 (1870); 37,831 (1890); 44,978 (1910); 58,674 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1840–1980; 1990s Subdivisions: Three cities; nine villages; one CDP; 18 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 11,610 (31%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 70.4% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.9% Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,563 Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,011 Housing in poor condition (1940): 16.3% Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 3,904 Average farm size (1920): 64.3 acres Sources of settlement: Germany, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, and Ireland __________________________________________________...